Launch index
Launch Successful

Saturn V | Apollo 12

November 14, 1969 at 4:22 PM UTC

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Saturn V | Apollo 12 launch image
Mission imagery · Saturn V

Launch details

LAUNCH IN

T−00d00h00m00s

November 14, 1969 at 4:22 PM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA · 28.6082, -80.6043

Open map
Rocket
Saturn V
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch probability
-1%
Window opens
November 14, 1969 at 4:22 PM UTC
Window closes
November 14, 1969 at 4:22 PM UTC
Feed updated
June 14, 2023 at 8:37 AM UTC

Mission description

Apollo 12 was the second manned mission to the surface of the moon. The commander of the mission was Charles Conrad, Jr. , the Command Module Pilot was Richard Gordon, Jr. , and the Lunar Module Pilot was Alan Bean. The mission was launched on November 14th 1969 and the Capsule safely splashed down in the ocean on November 24th 1969

Mission media

Watch the launch.

Launch of Apollo 12 Saturn V and lightning strike on rocket, original NBC TV

Full video record
Vehicle

Saturn V

Saturn · V

Height

110.6 m

Diameter

10.1 m

LEO capacity

140,000 kg

Successful launches

12

Launch complex

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Open map